Mets Minors: Perhaps you’ve never heard of Jordan Humphreys

Perhaps you’ve never heard of Jordan Humphreys. Frankly, there would be little reason to. The Mets drafted Humphreys in the 18th round of the 2015 draft. Just your average 6’2” righty who throws in the low 90s with a changeup and a curveball in the arsenal. You won’t question why you’ve never heard the name, but looking at the numbers… maybe that should change.

Last season, at 19, he split time between Kingsport and Brooklyn. He managed a 1.17 WHIP and a K/9 firmly above 9.0 through 75.1 IP (mostly in Kingsport). Those numbers are better than a typical 18th round pick.

To start off the 2017 season Humphreys pitched 5.2 innings against Augusta. In the game he surrendered only 3 hits and 1 walks while notching 9 strikeouts. This is one game… but it was one heck of a game.

AAA: Las Vegas

Dominic Smith starts steady – He’s started the year hitting .375 over the first four games. As a player who usually starts slow, that’s a good sign.

Amed Rosario is also hitting – Through his first four games of AAA he has a modest four game hit streak and not a single strikeout.

If the Mets are going to need to really dip into the pitching depth once options like Montero and Wheeler prove inadequate, Ricky Knapp is one guy i’ve been looking out for since spring.
He’s got solid results the last 2 years, but made only 10 starts above A+. Not exactly a youngling at 25, so “rushing” him wouldn’t be the worst thing for his career.

The most eye opening number from the first week had to be Dunn’s control stat line: 4 inns, 5 BB, 0 K’s. I thought that was a misprint and looked elsewhere. Nope, it was the truth. Not really a panic over it, but not even one K?

Wow, what a performance by one of the four big righties taken in the 9-14th rounds last year. Colin Holderman, the ninth round pick last year threw 6 innings in A ball and had 1 hit allowed, no runs, no walks, 11 K’s!